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AI Joins the Force: Maharashtra Police Deploys ‘Crime-OS’ for Smarter Investigations

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By Dheeraj Fartode  Imagine a police officer uploads an FIR and within seconds, an AI assistant begins planning the investigation. It write official letters, scan bank data and spot suspicious transactions. It sounds like science fiction - but it’s now reality in Maharashtra. The state police have started using Crime-OS, a powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool developed under the MARVEL project (Maharashtra Research and Vigilance for Enhanced Law Enforcement). This tool, built in partnership with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, works like the co-pilot feature in Microsoft Office - but to solve crimes. It helps police save valuable time and reduces the heavy workload of investigations. Assistant Superitendent of Police (ASP) Deepak Agrawal explained that police investigations usually take a lot of time and effort. Crime-OS is designed to ease that burden. “For example, if a fraud case FIR is uploaded, the tool automatically picks out important information. It t...
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CM asks Home Dept. disbursement of seized assets among investors of ponzy schemes

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  • Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directs appointment of special executive magistrate to speed-up process of liquidation of seized assets of fruadsters

By Dheeraj Fartode
Asking Home Department to speed-up process of disbursement of seized properties of fraudsters among the gullible investors, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday reviewed law and order situation. On sidelines of winter session, Chief Minister first asked for details about ponzy schemes and their status and . When he learnt about settlement in many cases, Fadnavis asked then directed Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Amitabh Ranjan and Director General of Police Sanjeev Dayal to co-ordinate with Revenue officials and ensure immediate disbursement of assets in cases which are now settled.

He asked Home Department to pursue appointment of Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) who is an officer of rank of Additional District Magistrate, and provide immediate relief to thousands of investors who are waiting for return of their basic investment. Chief Minister was addressing a special meeting of senior State police officials. The meeting was held at Ramgiri on Monday evening and besides ACS (Home) and DGP, Director General of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ABC) Praveen Dixit, Home Secretary, Commissioners from Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur Police Commissionerates were present. Secretary to Chief Minister, Pravin Darade was also present.

DGP briefed Chief Minister about status of cases under Maharashtra Protection Of Interest Of Depositors (MPID) Act, in which courts have given directions to return the money of investors from seized properties of fraudsters. DGP further stated that since SEM are burdened with many charges the process gets delayed. Chief Minister then immediately directed the Special Executive Magistrate be appointed at the earliest and a police officer should liaison with them and they are to look after only the MPIDA case and provide relief to the gullible investors.

On the issue of Naxal menace in Maharashtra, the CM applauded Maharashtra Police’s performance saying the cops are doing a commendable job as compared to in neighbouring states. The meeting also reviewed installation of CCTV cameras in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur and directed the officials to fasten-up the process.

Suspend government officials on immediate effect

DGP (ACB) Pravin Dixit urged Chief Minister to immediately suspend the Government official after he or she is caught red-handed in bribe cases. Senior officials of Government Department tend to shield their juniors officials after ACB nabs them which is quite frustrating, he further said. The CM it is learnt to have issued order to comply with ACB's suggestion and further if it is not done the concerned Head of Department would be pulled-up.
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